Health Chapter 3 Flashcards
(42 cards)
What is the body housing the lungs?
Thoracic Cavity.
What is the thin membrane covering the lungs?
Pleura.
What are the tiny air sacs within the lungs where gas exchange occurs?
Alveoli.
What is the major muscle used in breathing?
Diaphragm.
What are the tiny structures that move mucus and trapped particles toward the pharynx to be swallowed and destroyed by stomach acids.
Ciliia.
What is the name given to air-filled cavities inside certain facial bones?
Sinuses.
What are two causes of asthma?
Allergies,change in weather, overexertion.
What are three common allergens?
Pollen, house dust, animal dander, chocolate, mold spores, eggs, wheat, seafoods.
The process to extract energy from the digested food is called
Respiration
Respiration is carried out in the body by the different organs of the ____________ ____________
Respiratory System
What is breathing called
External respiration
What do you exhale
Carbon dioxide
What is the sign for carbon dioxide
CO2
What do you inhale
Oxygen
What is the sign for oxygen
O
The gas exchange between cells and blood is called ____________ ____________
Internal respiration
During _____________ ______________, oxygen is combined with food products to make energy
Cellular respiration
What do humans and animals expel that plants need
Carbon dioxide
What do plants make for humans and animals
Oxygen and food
Is it better to breathe through your nose or your mouth
Nose
The _____________ ______________ in your nose collects many pathogens and dust particles from the air you breathe
Mucous membrane
As the air passes through the _________ __________ on its way to the lungs it is moisturized and warmed
Nasal cavity
What is the name for the throat
Pharynx
What is the name for the windpipe
Trachea